Thursday, August 11, 2011

Could Have Been Worse, Apparently

Not pneumonia. That's good.

Bronchitis. That's... not so good.

The good is that I'll probably not have to be hospitalised. The not so good is two weeks worth of doxycycline... and the lingering question of why the f__k I can't cough up all this crap the way normal people do.

Referral to a respiratory physician coming up.
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    fuck off, shut up, and just take your meds, mate. On time and the whole dose. Get well and stay well. I will be very disappointed if you check out before we've had a chance to drink and eat together.

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  2. FlinthartAugust 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Yessir. I'm on it.

    (I'm good with medication. I have a very sharp memory, and I studied enough biochemistry, microbiology and pharmacology to be thoroughly aware of the importance of using medicines in accordance with instruction.)

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  3. FlinthartAugust 11, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    By the way, Prof - have I mentioned how much you manage to sound like an Australian these days? Have you been keeping up your own medication?

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  4. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    I just want to be loved. Is that so wrong?

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  5. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    If I make it to Hobart in October (unlikely), will I get to meet your wife and kids? Truly, nothing would please me more.

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  6. FlinthartAugust 11, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    Mmmm. October... I'm not sure of the timetable for October. But if there's a vaguely feasible way of doing it, Prof, I will make it happen. Keep me posted.

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  7. Moko 2.0August 12, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    Try percussion. Lay on ya stomach with your face hanging over the edge of the bed. Get ya missus to cup her hands and bash ya - solidly - on the back around the lungs. Keep doing till you're coughing stuff up. They do that with people who have cystic fibrosis.

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  8. FlinthartAugust 12, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    Really good suggestion, Moko. Thanks! I'll have to get young Genghis to do it for the time being - Nat doesn't get back until Sunday. But it is definitely worth a shot

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  9. Moko 2.0August 12, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    You've probably got 'plugs' in the small airways that you can't get rid of and are causing infections that won't go away. It's a self perpetuating vicious cycle. If you cough up quite solid phlem, then that's what it is.

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  10. AnonymousAugust 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Just glad you're safely secured on that plague station sorry island paradise to the south of civilisaiton!

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  11. FlinthartAugust 13, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    You'll be sorry for all those cheap shots when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives and we close our doors!

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  12. Bondiboy66August 13, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    Very good. Take your drugs and get better! Coughing your heart up continually sucks big time.

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